i am an avid swimmer and was a fish out of water as a child. i could have been born a mermaid and i would have been fine. in college i even taught swimming for the red cross. and though the water loved me back as a water baby – it did not love my hair while i was relaxed. at the time i did not really know how to care for my relaxed hair. healthy hair care all around was just not a big deal as it is now.
now as a natural, i have not repeated the same mistakes as i did before which lead to dry, brittle hair and breakage. if you love swimming as well, here are some tips for you to help keep your natural hair at its optimum level.
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i know a few kinkies and curlies and in betweens that have shaved it all off and started over again…just because.
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when i go out on the town, i normally have my hair out. because it’s so big now — my friend recently noted “kurly, did you know that your hair is as wide as your shoulders?” — i love to have it out and fluffed.
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want a cool and refreshed feeling scalp?
this quick and easy at home spa, scalp treament can give you just what you need.
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okay, it is true that on average we “age” slower than people lighter than us because of the melanin in our skin. some people get by only on this fact – i know people who have lived HARD lives and their faces still don’t show the damage they’ve done to themselves.
others have cracked all over the place. so it’s not true that “black don’t crack,” it’s more like “black don’t crack as much.”
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